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== The destruction of Colorado ==
== The destruction of Colorado ==
Soon after that, all hopes of a boom in Colorado were dashed, when the federal government issued a raft of regulations that effectively destroyed all the incentives that Colorado offered. In response, several of the businessmen who had relocated to Colorado now vanished, as tracelessly as had the young inventor of the [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]]. The most spectacular disappearance was that of Ellis Wyatt, who set his oil shale fields on fire ("Wyatt's Torch") and left a big sign near his property line:{{cquote|I am leaving it as I found it. Take over. It's yours.}}
Soon after that, all hopes of a boom in Colorado were dashed, when the federal government issued a raft of regulations that effectively destroyed all the incentives that Colorado offered. In response, several of the businessmen who had relocated to Colorado now vanished, as tracelessly as had the young inventor of the [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]]. The most spectacular disappearance was that of Ellis Wyatt, who set his oil shale fields on fire ("Wyatt's Torch") and left a big sign near his property line:{{cquote|I am leaving it as I found it. Take over. It's yours.}}
== The Wet Nurse ==
Henry continued at his mills, but now had to deal with a Washington representative, a "Deputy Director of Distribution." Henry knew him only by his first name: Tony. He actually called him "Non-Absolute." Everyone else in the mills called him the "Wet Nurse."
His job was to see that no customer received more than his "fair share" of Rearden Metal. Henry and Tony would have many conversations, during which the young man would impress Henry mainly as a college-educated civil servant parrotting a lot of pabulum, including a notion that nothing was ever absolute—hence Henry's nickname of "Non-Absolute" for him. Tony would not appreciate the irony for many months.
== The Project X order ==
== The Project X order ==